Phonograph cabinet



IVI. VICTORSOHN.

PHONOGRAPH CABINET.

APPLICATION FVILED JAN. 22. 192|.

1,407,309, mmm 2610.21-, 1922.,

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

IVI. VICTORSOHN.

PHONO-GRAPH CABINET.

APPLlcATloN FILED JAN.22.192|.

rumt-ed Feb. 21, 1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

MORRIS VICTORSOI-IN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IPHONOGRAIH CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb 21, 1922 Application filed January 22, 1921. Serial No. 439,176.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, MORRIS Vro'roRsoHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Phonograph Cabinets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to phonograph cabinets and has for one of its objects to provide a cabinet of this kind which may be readily converted into a table. Another object is to arrange the compartments of the cabinet so that access to the record storage space may be readily obtained. A further object is to arrange the doors which close the front of the cabinet so that they may be used for supporting the extension leaves when the latter are raised to form a table. Other objects will appear as the description prolceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this invention, and then more specifically defined in the claim at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a perspective View of a phonograph cabinet constructed substantially in accordance with the resent invention, the cover for the turntab e compartment being shown in raised position. Figures 2 and 3 are detailed sectionalv views of one of the hinges for the extension leaves at the ends of the cabinet, Figure 3 being taken on the line III-III of Fig. 2.

Flgure 4 is a perspective view of the cabinet arranged as a table, the inner door to the record compartment being shown in open position.

Fi ure 5 is a detailed plan view of one of the ront corners of the cabinet, as illustrated in Figure 4. k

Figure 6 is a detailed View of one of the spring catches used for retaining the door in position to `support the extension leaves.

Figure 7 is a vertical section of the cablnet taken centrally from front to back and showing the relative positions of the record compartment and amplifier.

Figure 8 is-a rear elevation of the cabinet, and

Figure 9 is a detailed sectional View of a portion of the top of the cabinet and one of the extension leaves,` showing the slide for i while back of said record compartment an enclosure 4 is provided for housing the amplifier 23 which is trumpet-shaped'and suitably connected to the tone arm, as shown in F lgure 7. Storage spaces 6 and 7 are provided at each side of the record compartment 5, see Figure 4 and said latter compartment 1s preferably fitted with shelves 2O t0 receive records. A space 25 is partitioned off at the top of the record compartment for the motor 24 which may be'of any suitable construction.

Access may be had to compartment 3 by raising a closure plate 8, which is hinged at 9, along the rear marginal portion of the top 1. When closed the plate 8 isv flush with the top of the cabinet, as shown in Figclosed by a door 10 swiveled at 11 so that it is adapted to swinr outward to horizontal posi-tion, as indicated in Figure 4, 4where it is useful for resting records as they are being taken out or put away. As shown in Figure 7 the door 10 is adapted to close the front opening of the compartment 5 and have its outer surface flush with the front of the cabinet.

Outer doors 12 are hinged at the front corners of the `cabinet and adapted to swing across the openings of the compartments 6 and 7 and also cover the inner door 10 of the 100 are swung open so as to form continuations record compartment. When these doors 12 ofthe front of the cabinet, they are designed to support the front edges of extension leaves 14 which are hinged to the lateral edges of the cabinet top 1, as best shown in Figure 4. When the doors 12 are closed, as 9 shown in Figure 1, extension leaves 14 may be dropped to the sidesy of the cabinet. .To further support theleaves 14, slides 19 are arranged below the top of the cabinet near its rear edge and adapted to be extended, as shown in Figure 9, when the leaves 14 are ures 4 and 7. The record compartment 5 is y.

`raised. Said leaves are thus supported `by edges of the leaves 14 are channeled, as at 3l, Figure 2, to fit closely to said rounded edges 30 during the swinging movement of said leaves. Strap hinges 15 are employed for connecting the leaves 14 to the top 1, said leaves working in arcuate sockets 32 in the edge 30 of the top and being pivotally connected to said top and leaves by pins 16 which may be inserted from the ends of the top and leaves and the cavities therefor stopped up with plugs 17, Figure 3. The upper edges of the doors 10 and 12 are preferably provided with spring catches 18 for retaining them in closed position. The catches 18 on the doors 12 are also designed to retain them in position to support the extension leaves 14, as shown in detail in Figure 6. 'llhe lmouth of the amplier 23 is preferably covered with a screen 41," Fig ures 7 and 8, and a suitable universal joint 42 is provided between said amplifier and the tone arm 22.

li claim: D

The combinationwith a cabinet having a record compartment opening at its front, an inner door for said compartment hinged at the lower edge thereof and adapted to swing outwardly to horizontal position, extension leaves hinged to the lateral edges of the top of the cabinet and adapted to fold down at its sides or be raised into the plane of said c ,l

top, and outer doors for said compartment hinged vertically to the cabinet and adapted to support said leaves in raised position when opened and to cover said innerl door when closed.

ln testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specification.

MURRIS VIC'llO-RSOHN. 

